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[Intro]
| G | C/G |
[Verse 1-1]
G C/G G C/G G D
Yeah, when I was only se_venteen,
Amadd11/C G C/G G D
I could hear the angels whispering
Amadd11/C C G C/G G
So I drove into the woods and wandered aimlessly
about
D C G
Until I heard my mother shouting through the fog
[Verse 1-2]
D
Amadd11/C G C/G G D
It turned out to be the howling of a dog
Amadd11/C C G
Or a wolf to be exact
C/G D
The sound sent shivers down my back
D Amadd11/C
But I was drawn into the pack
G D Amadd11/C G C/G
And before long they allowed me to join in and
G D
sing their song
Amadd11/C C
So from the cliffs and higher still
G C/G G
Yeah, we would gladly get our fill
D C G
Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn
[Verse 1-3]
D
Amadd11/C G C/G G D
And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong
Amadd11/C C
For my flesh had turned to fur
G
Yeah, and my thoughts,
C/G D D
they surely were
C G D Amadd11/C
Turned to instinct and obedience to God
[Break]
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - |
[Chorus]
Amadd11/C C G C/G G D
You can wear your fur like a river on fire
C G C/G G D
But you better be sure if you're makin' God a liar
C G
I'm a rattlesnake, babe,
C/G G
I'm like fuel on fire
D C G C/G G Am
So if you're gonna' get made don't be afraid of what
Em D
you've learned
[Verse 2-1]
Amadd11/C G
Amadd11/C G C/G G D
On the day that I turned twentythree
Amadd11/C G C/G G D
I was curled up underneath a dogwood tree
Amadd11/C C
When suddenly a girl,
G C/G G
her skin the color of a pearl
D C
She wandered aimlessly,
G
but she didn't seem to see
[Verse 2-2]
D
Amadd11/C G C/G G D
She was listenin' for the angels just like me
Amadd11/C C
So I stood and looked about
G C/G D
I brushed the leaves off of my snout
D C G
And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees
D
Amadd11/C G C/G G D
You should've seen that girl go shaky at the knees
Amadd11/C C
So I took her by the arm
G C/G G
We settled down upon a farm
D C G D Amadd11/C
And raised our children up as gently as you please
[Break]
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - |
[Pre-Chorus]
Amadd11/C C
And now my fur has turned to skin
G C/G G
And I've been quickly ushered in
D C G D
To a world that I confess I do not know
Amadd11/C G C/G G
But I still dream of runnin' careless through the
D
snow.
Amadd11/C C
And through the howlin' winds that blow
G C/G G D
Across the ancient distant flow
C G D Amadd11/C
It fill our bodies up like water till we know
[Break]
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - |
[Chorus]
Amadd11/C C G C/G G D
You can wear your fur like a river on fire
C G C/G G D
But you better be sure if you're makin' God a liar
C G
I'm a rattlesnake, babe,
C/G G
I'm like fuel on fire
D C G C/G G Am
So if you're gonna' get made don't be afraid of what
Em D
you've learned
[Outro]
| Amadd11/C | G | D |
[Fade Out]
| G |
[Intro]
| G | C/G |
[Verse 1-1]
| G - | C/G - |
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | D - |
| C - | G - |
Yeah, when I was only se_venteen,
I could hear the angels whispering
So I drove into the woods and wandered aimlessly
about
Until I heard my mother shouting through the fog
[Verse 1-2]
| D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| C - | G - | C/G D | D - |
| Amadd11/C - | G - | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | D - |
| C - | G - |
It turned out to be the howling of a dog
Or a wolf to be exact
The sound sent shivers down my back
But I was drawn into the pack
And before long they allowed me to join in and
sing their song
So from the cliffs and higher still
Yeah, we would gladly get our fill
Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn
[Verse 1-3]
| D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| C - | G - | C/G D | D - |
| C - | G - | D - | Amadd11/C - |
And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong
For my flesh had turned to fur
Yeah, and my thoughts,
they surely were
Turned to instinct and obedience to God
[Break]
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - |
[Chorus]
| Amadd11/C - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | D - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | D - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | D - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | Am Em |
| D - |
You can wear your fur like a river on fire
But you better be sure if you're makin' God a liar
I'm a rattlesnake, babe,
I'm like fuel on fire
So if you're gonna' get made don't be afraid of what
you've learned
[Verse 2-1]
| Amadd11/C - | G - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | D - |
| C - | G - |
On the day that I turned twentythree
I was curled up underneath a dogwood tree
When suddenly a girl,
her skin the color of a pearl
She wandered aimlessly,
but she didn't seem to see
[Verse 2-2]
| D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| C - | G - | C/G D | D - |
| C - | G - | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | D - |
| C - | G - | D - | Amadd11/C - |
She was listenin' for the angels just like me
So I stood and looked about
I brushed the leaves off of my snout
And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees
You should've seen that girl go shaky at the knees
So I took her by the arm
We settled down upon a farm
And raised our children up as gently as you please
[Break]
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - |
[Pre-Chorus]
| Amadd11/C - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | D - |
| C - | G - | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | D - |
| C - | G - | D - | Amadd11/C - |
And now my fur has turned to skin
And I've been quickly ushered in
To a world that I confess I do not know
But I still dream of runnin' careless through the
snow.
And through the howlin' winds that blow
Across the ancient distant flow
It fill our bodies up like water till we know
[Break]
| G - | C/G G | D - | Amadd11/C - |
| G - | C/G G | D - |
[Chorus]
| Amadd11/C - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | D - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | D - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | D - |
| C - | G - | C/G G | Am Em |
| D - |
You can wear your fur like a river on fire
But you better be sure if you're makin' God a liar
I'm a rattlesnake, babe,
I'm like fuel on fire
So if you're gonna' get made don't be afraid of what
you've learned
[Outro]
| Amadd11/C | G | D |
[Fade Out]
| G |
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